Blogs from Santiago, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 8

Today was another day lost in transit. Gina is sick of us being seated at the back of the plane (we have consistently been in row 28 of a 29 row aircraft!) because we take so long to get off the plane and join the rest of the group at the baggage carousel so she negotiated for us to be moved closer to the front of the plane (row 8) on our Lima to Santiago leg. Funnily enough we already had seats in row 5 for the Cuzco to Lima leg. Would you believe it?! There were more Kuna outlets at the airport and one of them had the exact same scarf that I first saw. It was in gorgeous mauves and aquas and featured a stylised llama pattern. Most surprising of all was that the ... read more

We were pleased to be able to get to Auckland Airport early as we'd not been able to do an on-line check in for this flight. It was part of our Round The World air ticket and we had mysteriously lost access to that part of the Qantas menu to confirm them. No matter - we were at the airport to allow us plenty of time to check in the 'old-fashioned' way, which suited us just fine. However, despite being some of the first to check in, we were allocated seats which were in completely different parts of the plane and when you have an 11 hour flight ahead of you the prospect of spending that time seated next to a complete stranger was unthinkable! The ever-vigilant Steve spotted it straight away and we stood our ... read more

Geo: -33.4691, -70.642Paula Kay arranged for us to have a driver pick us up for the transfer to the hotel. We found him quickly right where they said he would be. He spoke English, but didn't talk much on the ride to the hotel. The traffic was heavy but kept moving, and we got to the Grand Hyatt (also recommended by Paula Kay) in about 45 minutes. We were able to check in right away although it was only 11:00 in the morning. The food on the plane wasn't the worst, but it was only airplane food so we were ready for a real meal. We ate a light lunch at the Atrium Lobby Lounge in the hotel and rested a bit before venturing outside to get some exercise.It turned out to be a hot afternoon ... read more

Geo: -33.4691, -70.642We are off for four weeks traveling flying to Santiago for a short stay first, then cruising across the South Pacific before flying home from Sydney. The flight from ABQ to IAH was fine and on time. Just the usual on that flight which we have made many times. We left home by 12:30 for a 2:30 p.m. flight and got there, parked, checked in and through security well before the flight was ready to board. It was perfectly on time. After dinner at the airport in Houston at Home Team Sports, we had some time to spend in the United Presidents Club before going to the gate for the overnight flight to Santiago. This time we got to the gate early and were in line for boarding group 2 before it got very ... read more

Mardi 2 février 2016, 7h15 heure chilienne Marie Et me voila en train d'écrire les premiers mots de notre blog, dans l'avion entre Sao Paulo et Santiago...dans quelques heures nous poserons les pieds sur le sol chilien, c'est tellement incroyable!! De voyage, cela fait depuis longtemps que Simon m'en parle...je dirais même depuis qu'on se connaît! L'envie d'évasion, de découvertes et de défi, il ne faut pas discuter longtemps avec lui pour qu'il vous en parle !! D'abord il me disait vouloir partir seul sans pour autant se sentir vraiment prêt...mais moi, non seulement il n'était pas question d'être séparés pendant plusieurs mois mais il ne m'a pas fallu grand chose pour que ce projet de voyage me seduise aussi!! En juin dernier, je le relance donc en lui proposant de partir a deux, et après ... read more